diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 7035af09cc03..c2dd2589e04e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -1750,13 +1750,13 @@ static int dlm_process_recovery_data(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 				     struct dlm_migratable_lockres *mres)
 {
 	struct dlm_migratable_lock *ml;
-	struct list_head *queue;
+	struct list_head *queue, *iter;
 	struct list_head *tmpq = NULL;
 	struct dlm_lock *newlock = NULL;
 	struct dlm_lockstatus *lksb = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int i, j, bad;
-	struct dlm_lock *lock = NULL;
+	struct dlm_lock *lock;
 	u8 from = O2NM_MAX_NODES;
 	unsigned int added = 0;
 	__be64 c;
@@ -1791,14 +1791,16 @@ static int dlm_process_recovery_data(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 			/* MIGRATION ONLY! */
 			BUG_ON(!(mres->flags & DLM_MRES_MIGRATION));
 
+			lock = NULL;
 			spin_lock(&res->spinlock);
 			for (j = DLM_GRANTED_LIST; j <= DLM_BLOCKED_LIST; j++) {
 				tmpq = dlm_list_idx_to_ptr(res, j);
-				list_for_each_entry(lock, tmpq, list) {
-					if (lock->ml.cookie != ml->cookie)
-						lock = NULL;
-					else
+				list_for_each(iter, tmpq) {
+					lock = list_entry(iter,
+						  struct dlm_lock, list);
+					if (lock->ml.cookie == ml->cookie)
 						break;
+					lock = NULL;
 				}
 				if (lock)
 					break;